Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.
14 male cyclists represented Germany in 1960.
Individual road race
Egon Adler
Erich Hagen
Bernhard Eckstein
Gustav-Adolf Schur
Team time trial
Gustav-Adolf Schur
Egon Adler
Erich Hagen
Günter Lörke
Sprint
August Rieke
Günter Kaslowski
1000m time trial
Dieter Gieseler
Tandem
Jürgen Simon
Lothar Stäber
Team pursuit
Siegfried Köhler
Peter Gröning
Manfred Klieme
Bernd Barleben
19 fencers, 13 men and 6 women, represented Germany in 1960.
Men's foil
Eberhard Mehl
Tim Gerresheim
Jürgen Brecht
Men's team foil
Jürgen Brecht, Tim Gerresheim, Eberhard Mehl, Jürgen Theuerkauff
Men's épée
Paul Gnaier
Georg Neuber
Dieter Fänger
Men's team épée
Paul Gnaier, Fritz Zimmermann, Dieter Fänger, Georg Neuber, Helmut Anschütz, Walter Köstner
Men's sabre
Jürgen Theuerkauff
Walter Köstner
Wilfried Wöhler
Men's team sabre
Dieter Löhr, Jürgen Theuerkauff, Wilfried Wöhler, Peter von Krockow, Walter Köstner
Women's foil
Heidi Schmid
Helga Mees
Rosemarie Weiß-Scherberger
Women's team foil
Heidi Schmid, Helga Mees, Helga Stroh, Helmi Höhle, Gudrun Theuerkauff, Rosemarie Weiß-Scherberger
Fourteen male field hockey players competed in 1960, when the German team finished in 7th place.
Carsten Keller
Christian Büchting
Dieter Krause
Eberhard Ferstl
Günther Ullerich
Helmut Nonn
Herbert Winters
Hugo Budinger
Klaus Greinert
Klaus Woeller
Norbert Schuler
Werner Delmes
Willi Brendel
Wolfgang End
Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1960.
Individual
Wolfgang Gödicke
Dieter Krickow
Ralf Berckhan
Team
Wolfgang Gödicke
Dieter Krickow
Ralf Berckhan
Ten shooters represented Germany in 1960. Peter Kohnke won gold in the 50 m rilfe, prone and Klaus Zähringer won bronze in the 50 m rifle, three positions.
25 m pistol
Heinz Franke
Heinrich Gollwitzer
50 m pistol
Horst Kadner
Wolfgang Losack
300 m rifle, three positions
Hans-Joachim Mars
50 m rifle, three positions
Klaus Zähringer
Bernd Klingner
50 m rifle, prone
Peter Kohnke
Bernd Klingner
Trap
Gerhard Aßmus
Heinz Kramer
